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	Jodhpur - LoveToKnow 1911
		The bigoted and intolerant Aurangzeb invaded Marwar in 1679, plundered Jodhpur, sacked all the large towns, and commanded the conversion of the Rathors to Mahommedanism.
		This cemented all the Rajput clans into a bond of union, and a triple alliance was formed by the three states of Jodhpur, Udaipur and Jaipur, to throw off the Mahommedan yoke.
		by rail N.W. of Marwar junction, on the Rajputana railway.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Jodhpur (990 words)

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		The Marwar Kisan Sabha was organised to ventilate grievances of the predominant Jat Kisans.
		To mobilize the peasants, meetings under the joint auspices of Marwar Lok Parishad and Marwar Kisan Sabha were held at various place in the Jat belt and such meeting was fixed at village Dabra in Nagaur district for 13th March 1947.
		Mohanram Maruka: "Marwar ka Itihas" in Jat Samaj, Agra (January-February, 1998)
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Marwar (3734 words)

	Student Travel Information & Discounts - Events: Marwar Festival (Jodhpur, India)
		This annual festival is celebrated in the Hindu month of Ashwin, in Jodhpur, the former capital of Marwar Province.
		Scores of folk dancers bring myths and legends to life in a showcase for traditional music and dance of the old Marwar region.
		With its colourful folk dances, enchanting music, graceful costumes and impressive displays of the royal sports of Rajasthan, the Marwar Festival is a wonderful opportunity to witness the rich culture and proud history of the land of the Rajputs.
	www.istc.org /sisp/index.htm?fx=event&event_id=72095 (171 words)

	Jodhpur/Marwar (India) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The new capital of Jodhpur was founded about 1450 and Marwar was later renamed after the new capital
		A grand-child of Jayakandra, Prince of Kanya-Kubja (1173-1194), founded in 1210 the principality of Jodhpur or Marwar.
		The state flag of Jodhpur-Marwar is the Rajput-"panchranga": a rectangular field with five horizontal equally wide stripes saffron (orange) - white - red - yellow - green, over which is placed a white falcon with pink and grey shades, armed or.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/in-marwa.html (206 words)

	Processes of Impoverishment \| Our Responsibility to the Seventh Generation \| IISDnet
		By the turn of the 19th century the region began to be ravaged by prolonged droughts, famine and mass hunger.
		Marwar became a synonym for the region of death.
		Even though the people of Marwar had always perceived a direct relationship between close grazing sheep and goat and the consequent desertification and increasing recurrence of drought and famine, they could not hold their ground once the region was linked with the London and Liverpool markets and wool, mutton and hides became marketable commodities.
	www.iisd.org /7thgen/impoverishment.htm (1432 words)

	Marwar : Tour Guide to Marwar, Rajasthan India: Tourist Guide and News Rajasthan
		Marwar : Tour Guide to Marwar, Rajasthan India: Tourist Guide and News Rajasthan
		Search our Marwad's biggest database on the net.
		You can search here peoples of marwar origin and your college/school Marwadi friends.
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	MARWAR - the magazine that inspires Excellence
		Marwar magazine profiles high-powered achievers and the lavish lifestyle of a people for whom nothing is beyond reach.
		Add to that oodles of the latest in style, fashion, history, cuisine and a mosaic of other subjects, and you have a magazine, issue after issue, that is as insightful as it is interesting.
		Marwar takes you, page-by-page, breath-by-breath, through a spread of lavish photography melting into a discerning expanse of art and culture.
	www.marwar.com /aboutus.htm (169 words)

	Marwar Festival, Marwar Festival Jodhpur,Rajasthan Marwar Festival,Jodhpur Marwar Festival Rajasthan,Marwar Festival in ...
		Luxury vacations to the Marwar festival with Luxury Rajasthan Vacations opens up doors to the glorious folk music and folk dance performances that are performed by the local artists during the two-day Marwar festivities marked by fun, light-hearted activity and gaiety in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
		The cultural extravaganza at the Marwar festival in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India showcases the glamour of regal Rajasthan, India, with the local bards singing of the valor and courage of the local Rajasthan rulers.
		During your luxury vacations to the Marwar festival you are introduced to the brave and valiant of the region who still live in the songs of the local folk singers by means of local music and dance performances.
	www.luxuryrajasthanvacations.com /fairs-festivals-rajasthan/marwar-festival-jodhpur.html (289 words)

	Marwar Festival Jodhpur, fairs and festivals in rajasthan, fetsivals in rajasthan, festival calendar of rajasthan, ...
		Marwar Festival Jodhpur, fairs and festivals in rajasthan, fetsivals in rajasthan, festival calendar of rajasthan, festival seasons in rajasthan
		The Marwar Festival is held every year in memory of the heroes of Rajasthan.
		This festival is devoted to the music and dance of the Marwar region and offers a good opportunity to see the folk dancers carrying pots on their heads and singers who assemble here and provide hours of lively entertainment.
	www.rajasthantours.net /fair/marwar-festival.htm (193 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Marwar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The sandy tracts of Thar Desert in western Marwar are characterized by a harsh physical geography and a fragile ecology.
		At their capital in Jodhpur, the Rathore clan of Rajputs who ruled Marwar, developed a strikingly individual style of painting which was interpreted in a host of different ways by local artists in the many small fiefdoms (thikanas) that were the ancestral lands of the Rathore nobility.
		Mohanram Maruka: "Marwar ka Itihas" in Jat Samaj, Agra (January-February, 1998)
	www.nationmaster.com /form.php?mode=advanced&url=%2Fencyclopedia%2FMarwar (395 words)

	Marwar
		Marwar is a sandy plain lying northwest of the Aravalli Range, which runs southwest-northeast through Rajasthan state.
		The farmers of the Marwar region are considered to be the most simple in the state of Rajasthan.
		At their capital in Jodhpur, the Rathor clan of Rajputs who ruled Marwar, developed a strikingly individual style of painting which was interpreted in a host of different ways by local artists in the many small fiefdoms (thikanas) that were the ancestral lands of the Rathor nobility.
	www.dejavu.org /cgi-bin/get.cgi?ver=93&url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.gourt.com%2F%3Farticle%3DMarwar%26type%3Den (2178 words)

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		The Pratihara clan of Rajputs, also known as the Gurjara-Pratiharas, established a kingdom in Marwar in the 6th century, with a capital at Mandore, 9 km from present-day Jodhpur.
		The Rathore family chronicles relate that Siyaji, grandson of Jai Chandra, the last Gahadvala king of Kannauj, came to Marwar on a pilgrimage to Dwarka in Gujarat, and on halting at the town of Pali he and his followers settled there to protect the Brahmin community from the raids of marauding bands.
		The rular areas of Marwar region are dominated by farming communities.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Marwar (2229 words)

	Marwar Festival in Jodhpur,Jodhpur Camel Festival,Festivals in Rajasthan,Rajasjthan Festival Tours,Maand Festival in ...
		Marwar Festival in Jodhpur,Jodhpur Camel Festival,Festivals in Rajasthan,Rajasjthan Festival Tours,Maand Festival in Jodhpur
		The festival is held in the month of Ashwin (September-October) in Jodhpur, for two days during the full moon of Sharad Poornima.
		This festival is devoted to the music and dance of the Marwar region and offers a good opportunity to see the folk dancers and singers who assemble here and provide hours of lively entertainment.
	rajasthan.indiantravelportal.com /festivals/marwar-festival.html (333 words)

	Rajasthan Tour Travel
		Established in the 15th century by the brave Rathore King, Rao Jodha, Jodhpur set on the eastern fringes of Rajasthan, lies on the very edge of the Thar Desert and is the last link between the semi arid land and the harsh inhospitable desert.
		According to legends, the area of Marwar was once a sea called Drumkulya, it became a desert when one the fire bound arrow of Lord Rama burnt a large part of the sea and converted it into a desert.
		Marwar, also known as the Land of Dead is home to the Rathore Rajputs, who trace their origins to Rama, the hero of the epic Ramayana, and thence to the sun.
	www.jaipurudaipur.com /jodhpur.htm (4805 words)

	HH The Maharaja (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Marwar's most revered medieval saint, in the village of Runecha near Pokhran, west of Jodhpur.
		Born into a Rajput family the Baba preached the equality of all men and women and is worshipped today by all Hindu communities as well as by Muslims.
		A few years ago in the eighties, when a terrible seven year drought ravaged Marwar, it was to Runecha that Maharaja Gaj Singh II of Jodhpur turned.
	www.maharajajodhpur.com /hh/temp_baba.htm (173 words)

	Marwar (Site not responding. Last check: )
		English translation of the word is "land of sand and sand storms".
		A girl from the Gadia Lohars nomadic tribe of Mewar and Marwar, cooking on the outskirts of a village in Ratlam district
		Other castes inhabiting Marwar were Jat, Gurjar, Rajput Mali, Sirvi, Kalbi, Nai, Darji, Suthar, Meghwal, Chamar, Lohar, Naik, Bhil, Jain, Danchi, etc. Among these castes, the Jat, Gurjar, Rajput Mali, Sirvi, Kalbi and some others were engaged in cultivation of land and animal husbandry.
	www.tocatch.info /en/Marwar.htm (2286 words)

	Marwar Festival,Marwar Festival Rajasthan,Jodhpur Marwar Festival Tour,Fairs Festivals of Jodhpur Rajasthan
		Marwar Festival,Marwar Festival Rajasthan,Jodhpur Marwar Festival Tour,Fairs Festivals of Jodhpur Rajasthan
		Marwar Festival- complete information on marwar festival rajasthan, marwar festival tour of jodhpur, jodhpur marwar festival travel, and festivals tour of rajasthan india.
		This festival is devoted to the music and dance of the Marwar region and offers a good opportunity to see the folk dancers and singers who assemble here and provide hours of lively entertainment.
	www.indiantraveldestinations.com /rajasthan-travel-india/marwar-festival.html (254 words)

	APNA RAJASTHAN- Marwar Festival Jodhpur Rajasthan - Art, Craft, Culture Traditions- Heritage Cities Fairs festivals
		The Marwar Festival is held every year in memory of the heroes of Rajasthan.
		This festival is devoted to the music and dance of the Marwar region and offers a good opportunity to see the folk dancers carrying pots on their heads and singers who assemble here and provide hours of lively entertainment.
		Once the capital of the Marwar state, it was founded in 1459 A.D. by Rao Jodha-chief of the Rathore clan of Rajputs who claimed to be descendants of Rama - the epic hero of Ramayana.The massive 15th century A.D. Mehrangarh Fort looms on the top of a rocky hill, soaring 125 Mts.
	www.apnarajasthan.com /festivals_fairs/marwar_festival_jodhpur.php (359 words)

	Marwar Festival, Jodhpur Festival, Rajasthan Festivals, Festivals of Rajasthan, Ashwin Festivals, Ashwin month ...
		The Marwar Festival, held in memory of the heroes of Rajasthan is one such example.
		It is a festival devoted to the music and dance of Marwar region.
		The Marwar festival displays the music and dance of the Marwar region.
	www.festivalsofindia.in /Marwar (312 words)

	Royal Portraits: Marwar Painting from the Royal Collection of the Mehrangarh Museum, Jodhpur, India • • Art ...
		The Mehrangarh Museum´s collection of paintings from the Marwar school is one of the largest and finest in the world.
		Marwar is the ancient name for the large area of western Rajasthan, India.
		The ruling clan of the Marwar called the Rathor Rajputs began their rule in the mid-13th century.
	www.culturekiosque.com /travel/item5305.html (344 words)

	Marwar Festival Marks Onset Of Winter; Rajasthan Folk Dances
		Marwar Festival Marks Onset Of Winter; Rajasthan Folk Dances
		JODHPUR: The two-day Marwar festival to promote tourism in Rajasthan drew large crowds of foreigners on Sunday, October 20.
		The festival, which got off to a colourful start on Saturday, is held annually against the backdrop of forts and palaces in Jodhpur, the main city of Marwar region, about 200 kilometres from State Capital Jaipur.
	www.indiatraveltimes.com /festivals/marwar.html (219 words)

	Annual Marketing Challenge 'Marwar 2006' Held at BIM, Trichy
		Marwar 2006, the Annual Marketing Challenge at the Bharathidasan Institute of Management, returned with a big bang this July.
		Marwar was introduced into the MBA program right from the inception of BIM.
		On the eve of Marwar inauguration, the Director, Prof.
	www.coolavenues.com /bschools/060731/bim_marwar_1.php (273 words)

	History of Jodhpur,Origin of Jodhpur in India,Jodhpur History in Rajasthan India
		Maldeo was destined to outlive the Sher Shahi dynasty but Humayun returned from exile to reclaim his kingdom and after his death in 1556 it was the 13 year old Akbar (destined to become one of the greatest of Indian kings) who ascended the Mughal throne.
		The rites of The Koran were prohibited throughout the land of Marwar.
		Ajmer was ceded to them and a fixed triennial tribute on all lands of Marwar both feudal and fiscal had to be paid.
	www.indiasite.com /rajasthan/jodhpur/history.html (3726 words)

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